Local taxes would go up more than average to replace business tax

Pence wants to eliminate business tax but offers no plan to replace lost revenue

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, seen in 2013, is pushing for the elimination of the business personal property tax, has said the state would phase out the tax in a way that it won’t “unduly” burden local governments. But Pence has not gone into detail on how the state will soften the hit in revenue.

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David Bottorff, Executive Director of the Association of Indiana Counties

INDIANAPOLIS - Southwestern Indiana counties would require higher than average increases to local option income taxes in the scenario those funds are used as the sole replacement for a business tax Gov. Mike Pence wants to phase out.